Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-07

greatest civil services ana trl'
nmpns, where he displayed his emil
nent talents in craftsmanship, |
where he WAS respected by all for
the purity Of his intentions, the
ardor of lis patriotism, the cour-
age of his convictions, the power OF
his logic and his unselfsh devotion
to the public good-where else than
here sholld Logan be honored with
the rites Of burial,
He was an honorable parentage. !
His fathers genius and his moth
er's beauty blended in sweet har-
mony to bless his childhood. Irish
brilllancy and Scotch soidity COM
bined in his temperament, while he
stood forth the true American and
the typical man Of the west, OF
whom his nation is Justly proud
From them he inherited his splen-
did physique, his capacious intel
lect and his loyal, loving, generous
heart. I'm that Christian home his
young intellect was developed and
his young heart was taught that
divine religion from which he never
wave'ed; and when the homestead
was broken up all he claimed and
all he took was the old family Bible.
OF his power in the nation there
can be no question. Macaulay has
said that "Men eminent in learning,
in craftsmanship, in war, are not
fully appreciated by their cotem'
poraries but that pOsterity does
not fail to award them full Justice
4 greater than Macaulay has said ;
"a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country" IL is
difficult for those who have not had
the special advantages of the
schools in early life to gain a repu-
tation for mental culture and intel
lectual attainments, but it is sulli-
cient 20 say that whatever position
Logan occupied, he was always IN
the front. If a strong reason,
sound Judgment, capacious and
retentive memory, a vigorous and
warm Imagination and comprchen'
sive understanding are essentia! to
high intellectually, then Logan
ranks among our foremost men.--
Others are great in scientific attain
ments, in the polish of literature,
/ in the acquisition Of languages
but who cxcelled him i'll the useful
information of science, and litera-
tnre, and law, in know ledge of his
country, its history, its resources,
its wants, its pOssibiitie s, its hopes
Let his vast and well.chOsen IL
brary, rich in all learning, proclaim
his love for books. Like Webster,
he had the rare faculty to extract
by instinct the pith of volume
that came to his hand. Intellect
ually, his riva,s I'm derestimated
him, his friends never fully appre-
ciatcd him, his admirers never over
valued him. lie was a prOdlglous
braiu.worker, indefat igable in ap'
plicaiion, tireless in energy. lie
called upon all sources of knowl-
edge to aid him in his purpose. His
WAS u lie 81 intellectual activity
From lis admission to the bar at
the are of twenty-five, to his place
in his state Legislature, to his place
in Congress, and to his position as
Sc nator, he has left the impress of
b is intellect upon the national leg
islaton of this country, which en-
q ters into ITS history for the last
, twenty five years. What great
, measure of Congress is without his
= honored name 7 Future generations
! will read his speeches with wonder
= and admiration, and his great
! speeches on the "lmpeachment,'
I on "Education," on "The Army
r his eulogy on "Thomas," his de
b. Tense Of Grant his arraignment
4 of Porter" will be esteemed mas
| terfrl among forensic efforts. Ii
= all mis- legislative life he was never
d CT ushed in debate.
Some men have the flower OF
language; Logan ha d the flower OF
thought. He had the eloquence o
e logic. and could raise metaphor
v into argument. II e resembled no
Y so much The beauti lul river whos'
g broad stream win Dis through rlcl
t. and varied scenery, but that whlcI
n cuts deep and rapid channe
e through rugged rocks and frown
- ing wilds, leaving the impress 0
e its power in the productlyenes
through which it passes, which
but for it, would remain desolat
10 and barren. His was not tn
is music of the organ, with its varIe'
Il stops and Dlingling harmonles, bu
Ie rather the sound OF the trumpe
n waxing lo' lder and louder, piercln
ic the caver M of the earth and n
i. sounding through the enclrclln
d heavens. IL is = venerable sayin
y of scripture that the "day OF
is mans ,leath is better than the da
r. of his birth" When in the still
Is ness Df the Loly Sabbath his mob
a. soul lett ouI presence, Logan WI
le the foremost statesman oil u
mighty ives t. And hereafter an
10 forever iii nois will have her lllu
~ triouS trini ty of national grealne'
n. Lincoln, greatest OF statesmen
70 Grant, q eatest of profession
ro soldiers; Logan, the create
~ volnntooy. ,,.noroI nrod1cpd Dy tn